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Babesiosis Presenting as Acute Liver Failure

Case Reports in Gastroenterology, 2017
Babesiosis is a zoonotic, tick-borne infection caused by the protozoan Babesia. It is transmitted by the Ixodes ticks which transmit the infection to humans. Babesia microti, Babesia duncani, Babesia divergens, and Babesia venatorum are species that have
Yousef Nassar, Seth Richter
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Sunitinib-Induced Acute Liver Failure

Case Reports in Gastroenterology, 2021
Drug-induced liver injury is an uncommon but life-threatening entity. Sunitinib is a tyrosine kinase inhibitor used for advanced and imatinib-refractory gastrointestinal stromal tumors. It causes transient elevation in liver enzymes.
Anum Aqsa, Sami Droubi, Shivantha Amarnath, Hassan Al-Moussawi, Jeffrey Abergel   +4 more
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TNF‐α/HMGB1 inflammation signalling pathway regulates pyroptosis during liver failure and acute kidney injury

Cell Proliferation, 2020
Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a common complication of acute liver failure (ALF). Pyroptosis is a necrosis type related to inflammation. This study aimed to investigate the role of TNF‐α/HMGB1 pathway in pyroptosis during ALF and AKI.
Yao Wang, Haiyue Zhang, Qian Chen, F. Jiao, Chunxia Shi, M. Pei, Jian Lv, Hong Zhang, Luwen Wang, Zuojiong Gong   +9 more
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Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation with multiple-organ failure: Can molecular adsorbent recirculating system therapy improve survival? [PDF]

, 2017
BACKGROUND: Liver dialysis, molecular adsorbent recirculating system (MARS) particularly, has been used in liver failure to bridge to transplantation.
Cavarocchi, Nicholas C., Hirose, Hitoshi, Sparks, Bailey E.   +2 more
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Acute Hepatitis B with Pancreatitis and Cholecystitis Leading to Acute Liver Failure and Death

Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine, 2018
Acute liver failure is defined as severe acute liver injury, concurrent with encephalopathy and loss of hepatic synthetic function, in a patient without known pre-existing liver disease.
Andrew R. Albert, Ronald Valencia, Janet A. Smereck   +2 more
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Acute-on-chronic liver failure: consensus recommendations of the Asian Pacific association for the study of the liver (APASL): an update

Hepatology International, 2019
The first consensus report of the working party of the Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver (APASL) set up in 2004 on acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) was published in 2009.
S. Sarin, A. Choudhury, M. Sharma, R. Maiwall, Mamun Al Mahtab, S. Rahman, S. Saigal, N. Saraf, A. Soin, H. Devarbhavi, D. J. Kim, R. Dhiman, A. Duseja, S. Taneja, C. Eapen, A. Goel, Q. Ning, Tao Chen, K. Ma, Z. Duan, Chen Yu, S. Treeprasertsuk, S. Hamid, A. Butt, W. Jafri, A. Shukla, V. Saraswat, S. Tan, A. Sood, V. Midha, O. Goyal, H. Ghazinyan, A. Arora, Jinhua Hu, M. Sahu, P. Rao, G. Lee, S. Lim, L. Lesmana, C. Lesmana, Samir A. Shah, V. G. M. Prasad, D. Payawal, Z. Abbas, A. Dokmeci, J. Sollano, G. Carpio, A. Shresta, G. Lau, Md. Fazal Karim, G. Shiha, R. Gani, K. Kalista, M. Yuen, S. Alam, R. Khanna, V. Sood, B. B. Lal, V. Pamecha, A. Jindal, V. Rajan, V. Arora, O. Yokosuka, M. Niriella, Hai Li, X. Qi, A. Tanaka, S. Mochida, Dominic Ray Chaudhuri, E. Gane, K. Win, Wei Ting Chen, M. Rela, D. Kapoor, A. Rastogi, P. Kale, A. Rastogi, C. Sharma, M. Bajpai, Virender Singh, M. Premkumar, Sudhir Maharashi, A. Olithselvan, C. Philips, A. Srivastava, S. Yachha, Z. Wani, B. Thapa, A. Saraya, Shalimar, Ashish Kumar, M. Wadhawan, Subash Gupta, K. Madan, P. Sakhuja, V. Vij, B. C. Sharma, H. Garg, V. Garg, C. Kalal, Lovkesh Anand, Tanmay Vyas, R. Mathur, G. Kumar, P. Jain, S. Pasupuleti, Y. Chawla, A. Chowdhury, Shahinul Alam, D. Song, Jin Mo Yang, E. Yoon, Apasl Aclf working party   +112 more
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The platelet receptor CLEC-2 blocks neutrophil mediated hepatic recovery in acetaminophen induced acute liver failure

Nature Communications, 2020
Acetaminophen (APAP) is the main cause of acute liver failure in the West. Specific efficacious therapies for acute liver failure (ALF) are limited and time-dependent. The mechanisms that drive irreversible acute liver failure remain poorly characterized.
A. Chauhan, L. Sheriff, M. T. Hussain, G. Webb, Daniel A. Patten, E. Shepherd, R. Shaw, C. Weston, D. Haldar, Samuel Bourke, Rajan Bhandari, Stephanie K. Watson, D. Adams, S. Watson, P. Lalor   +14 more
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Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure: Definition, Diagnosis, and Clinical Characteristics [PDF]

, 2016
Acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) is a recently recognized syndrome in cirrhosis characterized by acute decompensation (AD), organ failure(s), and high short-term mortality.
Arroyo, V, Fernandez, J, Garcia-Tsao, G, Gines, P, Jalan, R, Kamath, PS, Moreau, R, Nevens, F, Schnabl, B, To, U   +9 more
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Timing of liver transplantation for pediatric acute liver failure due to mushroom poisoning: a case report and literature review

BMC Pediatrics, 2020
Background Pediatric acute liver failure is a rare, life-threatening illness. Mushroom poisoning is a rare etiology. For patients with irreversible pediatric acute liver failure, liver transplantation is the ultimate lifesaving therapy.
Chun-Feng Yang, Chu-Qiao Sheng, Yu Ao, Yu-Mei Li   +3 more
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Plasma exchange in patients with acute and acute-on-chronic liver failure: A systematic review

World Journal of Gastroenterology, 2020
BACKGROUND Acute liver failure (ALF) and acute-on-chronic liver (ACLF) carry high short-term mortality rate, and may result from a wide variety of causes.
E. Tan, Min-Xian Wang, J. Pang, G. Lee
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